Sr. Designer
Location: US, , 
Department: Creative
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Art/Creative

Company profile:
At Cedexis, we’re passionate about solutions for a faster web and we need people to bring our message to the world.The Internet can be a messy place. Cedexis makes it much easier for companies to evaluate and make decisions on how they serve content to their customers. Today, over 250 media, retail, luxury and consumer brands count on Cedexis for 100% availability, optimal web performance, flexibility and choice that drives traffic and revenue at lower cost and risk. Our customers include Mozilla, Microsoft, NBC, Lacoste, and Volkswagen.Founded in 2009, we’re focused innovators at the core of global expansion strategies. We’re committed to making the web and mobile user experiences equally fast and robust for each and every user on the planet.

Job description:
About UsCedexis is devoted to building a faster web for everyone in the world. We build powerful, intelligent applications that manage the web traffic of some of the largest companies around the globe. We believe that the facts speak for themselves and have the most accurate, trustworthy performance data in the industry. By identifying problems and realizing the fastest paths, we can deliver users to content faster than anyone else.The PositionJoin us as as founding member of the Cedexis design team. You'll work directly with our Creative Director to build the design language of the company. You'll work alongside our engineering and marketing team to bring both function and delight to our customers. You'll define what design means to Cedexis.We are a group of doers, who hold ourselves accountable to not just the expectations of others but our own high criteria. We prefer building over discussing, doing over debating. When we see something that needs doing we do it, whether its the complex such as fixing that type rendering bug in Chrome, or the mundane, such as putting away the clean dishes.About YourselfSenior Designer is just a title to you. You consider yourself a maker, eager to roll up your sleeves and bring something to life, however it needs to be made. You'll have the power and the responsibility to shape the branding, UI and internal creative of the company. You have an eye for the written word as well as the design it will be a part of. You understand the fine balance of getting things done and doing things right. When you don't know how to do something you are eager to learn and then pass that knowledge off to others. You don't just hand over designs for others to build but can dive into building it either by yourself or alongside the team. Useful, functional code is as important to you as the perfect rhythm on the page. And finally you know when to debate and when to compromise, having little use for the religious debates that can arise amongst a team.While our work is mostly digital it extends outside the computer as well. We love making tshirts and collectibles and putting art up on our walls. We value your expertise in areas outside Photoshop and CSS, such as photography, print and illustration. You don't have to be an expert at everything, but should have a passion for making, regardless of the techniques involved.What You'll Be DoingYou'll be producing a variety of creative for every part of the company. Web and mobile application design. Infographics and data visualizations for our blog and for print. T-shirts for our customers and our teams. Printable PDFs for our sales team, such as case studies and white papers. Building functional, interactive mockups of your design ideas. Designing and mainting our website. Promotional materials and collectibles for trade shows. Videos to explain our product. Illustrations to bring clarity to complex technical subjects. Decorating our office and making it special.Perhaps you're better at some of these things than you are others. That's great as we can focus your talents on the areas you have the most expertise.

Requirements:
The Must-HavesExpertise with the Adobe studio of apps, primarily Photoshop and Illustrator.Exhaustive knowledge of HTML and CSS.A love for short hand and helper languages such as Less, SASS, Slim and the like.A modern understanding of the constantly evolving design methods, techniques and trends.A portfolio showing the depth and breadth of work you are proud of. The larger the variety, the better. Typography, UI, mobile, print design, logos, illustration, motion graphics, etc. Show us what you're great at and show us what you want to be better at.Print experience. You aren't afraid to pull out a Pantone guide and talk ink with a print shop.A sense of humor. We are a cheerful, sometimes rowdy but always respectful bunch. You've taken that chip off your shoulders long ago.An almost child like wonder at whats possible if you just sit down and try to build something.A deep empathy and appreciation for the creative skills of others, whether its a delightful UI, thoughtful code or clever copy.The Nice-to-HavesExperience with data visualizations, big data and the intricacies of charts and diagramsKnowledge of javascript, able to make things functional when needed beyond simple jQuery hackeryConnections with others in the design community, able to reach out and bring in expertise or share it with the rest of the world.Marcom and copy experience. Its always nice to have an extra eye on hand to catch errors and rewrite copy.A background in illustration. We love to employ whimsical drawings in our site and our presentations.Motion-graphics experience. This is an area we're just getting started in and could use guidance.

Benefits:
We offer very competitive salaries, full medical benefits, dental and vision coverage, 401k and untracked vacation days. Many of us have families and we believe in a very healthy work/life balance. We hire responsible, hard working people and trust you to get your work done.